Men's Basketball
Moravian 76, Lebanon Valley 75 (OT)
Box Score
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -
Anthony Trautman's three-pointer sent the game to overtime, but Moravian used a 6-0 run in overtime to take control and win, 76-75, in non-league play on Saturday.
The Dutchmen (5-4) were down 10 with 3:56 to play in regulation, but stormed back to tie the game on Trautman's three-pointer with 11 seconds to play. The Greyhounds (3-5) went 6-for-8 at the line in overtime to overcome LVC's 5-for-6 shooting from the floor.
Trautman and
Joe Meehan each had 21 points to lead LVC, and
Danny Brooks added 10 with eight rebounds. Moravian put four scorers in double digits, led by Blake English's 21 and Garrett Johnson's 18.
The game went back and forth with nine ties before Moravian went ahead with a 5-0 spurt midway through the second half, and a breakaway jam by English and Johnson's three-pointer blew the game open with a 10-point lead with 3:56 to go.
Lebanon Valley came back starting with a pair of Trautman free throws, and freshman
Tim Filer drilled a key three-pointer to cut the lead to 60-55 with 2:39 left. Meehan went 6-for-6 at the line over the final two minutes, and that helped make it a 64-61 Moravian lead with 24 seconds to go.
Moravian had a chance to ice with with Ryan O'Donnell at the line, but he missed both shots, letting Trautman can the game-tying three with 11 ticks left. Neither side got another shot off as English turned it over and LVC let it go at the buzzer.
In overtime, LVC took an immediate lead on consecutive layups by Trautman, but an English layup and free throws by Chris Cullen tied the game, starting a 6-0 run that ended with back-to-back jumpers by Cullen and English to take a 74-70 lead with 10 seconds left.
Meehan hit a layup with six to go, but Cullen went to the line after the intentional foul and made both of his shots to ice the game; Trautman hit a three at the buzzer to make it a one-point final margin.
LVC shot 44.8% overall and made eight three-pointers in the game; the Hounds made 51.9% of their shots.
The Dutchmen will break for finals before hosting Misericordia next Sunday, Dec. 19.